HUNTER BREAST CANCER FOUNDATION

Ms JODIE HARRISON (Charlestown)—On Friday 7 May, the Hunter Beast Cancer Foundation hosted a Mother's Day screening of the film June Again at Event Cinemas Kotara to raise funds for their vital work. The last twelve months have involved a lot of challenges for the Foundation, which saw the number of people trying to access Foundation services double. Ellie Wells, the Mother's Day event organiser, told the Newcastle Weekly: "Where we used to help a couple of hundred people a year we are now up over a thousand a year, so there has been a real need for that support… we're getting more referrals than we ever have before which is a big thing." The not-for-profit transformed the Vmax cinema at Event Cinemas Kotara with market stalls, live music, a lolly buffet—and a cinema decked out entirely in pink! The work the Hunter Breast Cancer Foundation does is so important, and as Ellie said "Cancer doesn't stop for a pandemic." I want to thank Event Cinemas Kotara for hosting the event, Ellie for taking the lead in organising it, everyone who attended and the wonderful people involved in the Foundation for the work they do.

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